National Library of Israel

Yom Kippur through the centuries: The prayer books that preserve centuries of Jewish history

In an interview with The Jerusalem Post, NLI’s curator Dr. Chaim Neria explains how the NLI came to house thousands of prayer books, noting that “it fits into the overall mission of the library.”

SEPTEMBER 19, 2026|ByHOWARD BLAS

Dr. Chaim Meir Neria, curator of the Haim and Hanna Salomon Judaica Collection at the National Library of Israel, with one of the two volumes of the Lisbon Mahzor recently received by the Library.

New National Library of Israel building in Jerusalem, exterior.

National Library of Israel launches memorial book initiative ahead of Oct. 7 anniversary

The initiative will preserve memorial books and personal works created in memory of those killed in combat and those murdered, while making their stories accessible to future generations.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2026|ByYOAV ETIEL

Aharon Bar-Oz deposits Naomi Shemer’s leter of response with the National Library of Israel, August 31, 2026.

Author of postcard sent to Naomi Shemer praising 'Jerusalem of Gold' identified after 59 years

“Now the time has come for it to be at the National Library," Bar-Oz said to Ynet. "It must be there, especially for the grandchildren and for those who say, ‘We'd rather die than enlist.’”

SEPTEMBER 3, 2026|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

‘THE SIXTEENTH SHEEP’ reunion shows (from left) Yoni Rechter, Gidi Gov, Yehudit Ravitz, and David Broza.

‘The Sixteenth Sheep’ documentary celebrates reunion of a musical supergroup

If I have one quibble with the documentary, it’s that it does not give a full sense of the album, that the songs are a journey through the mind of a child who can’t fall asleep.

AUGUST 18, 2026|ByHANNAH BROWN

Grapevine, May 29, 2024: Latter-day Zionists

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MAY 29, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

National Library of Israel hosts International Judaica Curators Conference

This past week, 70 professional curators of Judaica collections from many different countries convened at the library for a three-day intensive learning experience led by professionals.

MAY 24, 2024ByDAVID GEFFEN

THE NEW reading room of the National Library of Israel.

Fallen scholarly soldier’s holy text donated to the National Library of Israel

Eyal Meir Berkowitz fell in an operation to rescue the bodies of multiple hostages.

MAY 13, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

In honor of Independence Day: National Library to offer free tours

The new National Library of Israel is an impressive 11-story building with six floors above ground and five below. It can accommodate up to 600 readers, who can enter daily and free of charge.

MAY 12, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

The new building of the National Library in Jerusalem.

Grapevine: Archive acquisition

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

APRIL 27, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

Passover: The storied Haggadot of the National Library of Israel

The National Library of Israel has the world's largest Haggadah collection, includes some of the oldest Haggadot.

APRIL 23, 2024ByLINDA GRADSTEIN, JUDITH SUDILOVSKY

THE HAGGADAH by Meshullam Zimmel from 1719.

National Library receives personal archives of late UK Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

The archive was acquired with support from the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe. Once the files are cataloged, the library intends to provide extensive access to researchers.

APRIL 17, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF